So I met this girl Fiona, I jokingly asked to her to do pictures with me and she said yes, nothing was thought much of it, a few days later she facebook'd me asking if I was serious, of course I said yes, and I'm glad I did. Its led to an amazing friendship and much experience needed on my photo side.

Mark had invited me to go to cars and coffee in Tucson, I loved every second of it, the only down side was... i only got about 30 minutes with the Gallardo and we didn't really have a great spot to shoot it in. Oh well its still a Lambo!

So finally I am back at work with Full Race shooting their products. There has been many new things since then, one of thm being the one off manifold made for Geoff's R14. This is a RB26DET Wastegateless EFR manifold, the only one of its kind especially for his car. This manifold and turbo set up is projected to make over a 1000 horse power with ease. The manifold it self is a work of art, seeing as this is Full Race this isn't a surprise, over 3/4 of the welds are done with a special robotic welder that is in house!

I'm pretty confident this manifold will be in full production soon, and the estimated retail price with an EFR turbo will be around $6000 dollars.

I got an opportunity to shadow a wedding with a well experienced photographer. I learned SO MUCH in 3 hours. I have used those skills in my recent wedding I just shot last Saturday. He was very helpful and not afraid to speak his mind about photos and where I was. I enjoyed the learning experience very much and i was really glad I took the opportunity.

Oh man did I mess this one up, these pictures were for Import tuner, my camera battery died as soon as i stepped out on the track, oh well you live and you learn! The event felt like any other drift event. Just the addition of gogo dancer which is always nice!

Oh man I really don't know where to really begin on this one, since I am a very straight up person.. I really didn't enjoy this shoot at all. Some of the people were just eye balling me very rudely and the couple were extremely hard to work with. But what can you do.

-----------------------------------

November 1st , 2010 I moved and we got a shop

Hi everyone, thanks for looking. We are Synergy Performance and we have just opened up shop here in Peoria. We are based out of Missouri but have opened another shop here in the Vally. We are here to help you with any of your problems that you may be having with your Honda, Nissan, or whatever you may have. We love new projects and arnt afraid to take a look at any job. We can do everything from installing new bolt of performance parts, diagnosing vehicle concerns, to even rebuilding you a new engine or transmission. We just finished an engine build for an Acura integra that make almost 800fwhp. We sale parts, we build engines, we even have the knowledge of hella flush/poke/stretch. We work late often even to help in those times when you need it most. So let us work for you and get you back on the road, or lets build something sick! Also, while we work on your car we can also do a photoshoot durring or after for additional cost, just let us know what you are interested in.Call or Text:Keith 573-576-7477Charles 251-253-2032

-----------------------------------

November 6th , 2010 Cars and Coffee Scottsdale, AZ

Dang, I missed the first half, but managed to find the 2nd half of it

-----------------------------------

November 7th , 2010 Bryant Peters Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Me and Bryant have been putting off this shoot for the past 2 months. Well we finally got around to it, we had went out to a recreation area off highway 87 going out to Payson. I had been up for over 25 hours and my mind for creativity was extremely lacking, I completely failed at the action shots and we plan to go back and redo them.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

The southwest car battle: This event was damn fun, that’s the only way to really put it. Cars, girls, drifting, concerts, what more could you ask for in an event?

The start, they were hosting a “bikini body art contest”, More like.. 'Here are some nipple covers and keep your bottoms on' contest. and I was lucky enough to be chosen to shoot the girls getting ready in the makeup area.

Not gonna lie, it was quite awkward at first, seeing that I was the only guy in the room. But the girls were completely chill and it all ended up being ok.

Next was the car show.

I feel bad for the venders and cars, a massive dust storm hit and it was every man for him-self

Next was drifting, I got an amazing spot on the west track; i was nearly hit about four times! But was it worth it? damn right it was. I got some amazing shots; The only downfall was that the dust was still blowing, and when I would go to switch the lens, the sensor would get covered in dirt, which added a ton of time to Photoshop.

During the break session, I hit up the bikini contest to see what was going on. I had a media pass for this event, and a pretty good spot on stage. i was able to do just about anything i wanted, so it made for some fantastic shots.

Then after that the concerts began, these were hella fun and extremely enjoyable to watch!

Cali Swag “Teach me how to dougie”

Baby bash

Oh and more bikini action!

After that was all said and done, it was back down to the drift circuit; it was six car elimination if I can remember clearly, all tandem runs. I found it extremely difficult to get the cars together because they were so spread apart. I didn’t feel like the competition was fair at all, they had Formula D cars paired with local AZ drift cars. The FD cars were pulling away from the street cars on the turns, and you could just see the difference in power.

I didn’t get many night pictures, and the ones I did get weren’t very focused. I was getting tired and the cars were getting extremely close, not to mention the lighting was insanely horrible at night. I’m surprised the drivers could even see!

To sum it up, this event was bad ass. I hope Arizona has more of these in the near feature.